Research

This year’s research project for the Embassy of Israel focuses on the model of innovative entrepreneurship in Israel and whether this model is applicable to the Start-up scene in the Netherlands. By determining the specific factors that make up this model and by doing qualitative research, using case-studies, the project hopes to lay out the basis for intensified cooperation between the two countries on an economic level. The Embassy expects to use this information in order to strengthen the cooperation between Israel and the Netherlands in a constructive manner in the coming years. The start-up scene in the Netherlands has been growing intensely during the past years under supervision of Startup Delta, a Dutch organisation set up on government initiative and which is led by former European Commissioner Neelie Kroes, focussing on the development of the Netherlands as an international hub for start-up enterprises.